Written question WQ93007
- Asked by
- Sam RowlandsConservative
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 7 days
Question
What plans does Welsh Government have for the increased use of social prescribing?
Answer
Answered by Minister for Mental Health and Early Years
The new National Framework for Social Prescribing (NFfSP) supports local action to mainstream and grow social prescribing across Wales. Furthermore, it aims to develop a common understanding of the language used and the approach taken to social prescribing in Wales; support social prescribing practitioners and drive-up skills; set out the outcomes expected from a user, organisation, commissioner and referrer perspective; and ensure a quality of provision by community assets. It will also monitor and evaluate the development of social prescribing as it continues to grow across Wales.